CROPS
NDSU's flax promoter -- Dr. Jack Carter dies, Sept. 11
Dr. Jack Carter, the long-time promoter/pioneer of new, healthfuluses for flax, and long-time administrator in the North Dakota State University plant sciences departments, died on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2...
Posted on 9/12/11 at 9:36 AM
Grocers say potato group illegally boosted spud prices, spied on farmers
A U.S. wholesaler accuses America’s spud farmers of driving up prices while spying on farmers with satellites and aircraft fly-overs to enforce strict limits on how many tubers they can grow.June 14, 2013
USDA reduces corn crop to reflect wet spring
Farmers are expected to bring in 14 billion bushels of corn this year. That's 135 million bushels less than last month's estimate but would still set a record.June 12, 2013
SD winter wheat crop forecast at 29.7M bushels
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is forecasting South Dakota's 2013 winter wheat crop to be down 51 percent from last year.June 12, 2013
Sudden Death Syndrome of soybeans detected in South Dakota
Sudden Death Syndrome of soybean is a fungal disease that attacks soybeans early in the growing season but symptoms suddenly appear later in the growing season -- during the flowering/reproductive growth stages through pod fill.By News release , June 10, 2013
Monsanto: Sabotage possible cause of rogue modified wheat
Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, said experimental wheat engineered to survive Roundup weedkiller may have gotten into an Oregon field through an “accidental or purposeful” act.By Jack Kaskey , June 07, 2013
Cool, wet spring slowing crop growth
Even farmers who got their fields planted are waiting on the sun.By Helmut Schmidt , June 05, 2013
After Anderson Seed debacle, PUC eyes changes in grain sales
PIERRE -- The state Public Utilities Commission decided Tuesday it must try to further fix South Dakota’s regulations for sales of grains, sorghums, beans and oil seeds.By Bob Mercer , June 04, 2013
Less corn, more canola likely in drenched northeast ND
By Kevin Bonham , June 04, 2013
Wet conditions continue to hamper farmers in SD
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says in its weekly crop report that producers had on average only 2.1 days suitable for fieldwork.June 03, 2013
GUEBERT: Late corn planting in May
By Alan Guebert , May 09, 2013
Wet spring brings troubling start to corn planting
By JIM SUHR , May 07, 2013
Public meeting planned on proposed pulse plant
HARROLD (AP) — A group planning a pulse crop processing plant in the central South Dakota town of Harrold has reached its $2 million fundraising goal.May 06, 2013
Winter wheat prices down 1 cent from last month
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The April preliminary winter wheat price in South Dakota is down a penny from last month but up more than a dollar from a year ago.April 30, 2013
CRP losing Midwest acres to attractive crop prices
By Jonathan Knutson , April 30, 2013
Rain eases drought for some farmers, but not all
By David Pitt , April 25, 2013
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